Design Better
By The Curiosity Department, LLC
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Design Better co-hosts Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter explore the intersection of design, technology, and the creative process through conversations with inspiring guests across many creative fields. Whether you’re design curious or a design pro, Design Better is guaranteed to inspire and inform. Episodes are released semi-weekly. Vanity Fair calls Design Better, “sharp, to the point, and full of incredibly valuable information for anyone looking to better understand how to build a more innovative world.”
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Making Design Better—better—with weekly episodes, an enhanced newsletter, and more
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Brian Tyler, composer for Yellowstone, Crazy Rich Asians, Mario Brothers, and more, on his creative process
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Bonus: Eric Snowden, Head of Adobe Design, on AI + Design
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Kate Aronowitz: Shaping the story of design in business
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Ellen Lupton: Thinking With Type
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Jonathan Hoefler: Typography legend on type history, philosophy, and entrepreneurship
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Bonus: Hamish Smyth of Standards
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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Bonus: Hiroki Asai, Global Head of Marketing at Airbnb
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Vanessa Gennarelli: Surviving Change at Work
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Scott Rice: Creative lessons learned teaching film with Matthew McConaughey
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Autumn Durald Arkapaw: Cinematographer for Wakanda Forever and Loki on the overlap between design and photography
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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Rewind: Midcentury modern design principles and Heath Ceramics
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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Barry Katz: The history and philosophy of design in Silicon Valley and beyond
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Dorrian Porter, CEO of Vestaboard
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Paola Antonelli: How design shapes culture
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Design Better Holiday Gift Guide
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Tycho: The soundtrack for creative work
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Gil Gershoni on Dyslexic Design Thinking
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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OK Go: Making the impossible possible
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Announcing something new…
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Paula Scher: Pentagram legend on design, persuasion & embracing mistakes
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Matt D Smith from Shift Nudge on the elements of a great user interface
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Llisa Demetrios: Ray and Charles Eames's granddaughter on their legacy and influence on mid century modern design
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Bayard Winthrop, CEO of American Giant
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Ed Catmull: Creative lessons from Lucasfilm to Pixar and beyond
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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David Sedaris: How observation and prototyping shapes his work
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Design Better Trailer
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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Design Better's New Adventure: Exciting changes to the show
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode with Don Norman: Panel discussion on designing a better world
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Aug 19, 2023 |
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Ole Lütjens: The story behind the Disney+ launch
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Georg Petschnigg: Product design and storytelling at The New York Times
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Eileen Fisher, Rewind: How design principles and systems guide a clothing company
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Donna Lichaw: The leader’s journey
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Robert Brunner: The design giant who hired Jony Ive
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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John Maeda: AI + Design
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May 23, 2023 |
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Sheena Iyengar: Decision making and innovation myths
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May 09, 2023 |
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Matt Mullenweg: WordPress, AI, and jazz
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Kevin Bethune: Innovation lessons from a nuclear engineer turned Air Jordan designer
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Tony Fadell: iPhone inventor on how to build the future
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Judy and Daniel Wert: Surviving the tech layoffs
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Tina Seelig: Constraints drive creativity
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Meredith Black: DesignOps has become essential
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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Greg Hoffman: Nike CMO on the role of emotion in design
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Felecia Hatcher: Black Ambition CEO on entrepreneurship and working with Pharrell Williams
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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Seth Godin, Rewind: Learning to take risks, be generous, and make a ruckus
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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Dr. Sian Proctor: SpaceX astronaut on imposter syndrome
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Katrina Alcorn: IBM’s head of design on why partnerships are essential
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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Nir Eyal: How to be indistractable
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May 24, 2022 |
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Detria Williamson: IDEO CMO on making collaboration more inclusive
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May 10, 2022 |
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Guy Kawasaki: Lessons from Apple's early days
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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John Cleese, Rewind: Monty Python's cheerful guide to creativity
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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Eileen Fisher: How design principles and systems guide a clothing company
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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Robin Petravic: Midcentury modern design principles and Heath Ceramics
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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Vicki Tan: Spotify's design process and finding your purpose
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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Judy Wert: Negotiating salary and navigating career changes
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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Benjamin Evans, Rewind: Inclusive design at Airbnb
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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Scott Berkun: How design makes the world
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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Sandy Fershee: How design thinking is transforming Ford
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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Chris Kemp: CEO of rocket maker Astra on collaborating on challenging problems
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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Julie Zhuo, Rewind: Facebook's VP of Product Design on what she got right and wrong as a leader
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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Rosanne Somerson: A look inside RISD, one of America’s premier design schools
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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Sara Seager: What the search for exoplanets can teach us about collaboration
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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Dan Pink: Why collaboration is the key to being persuasive
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May 25, 2021 |
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Steve Johnson and Rochelle King: How Netflix designs for a global audience
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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Doug Pray and Matt Weaver: Apple TV+ Home and how spaces change our behavior
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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Jason Mayden: Air Jordan design and a brush with death that shaped a career
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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Brian Chesky: Airbnb’s co-founder on designing for trust
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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Annie Jean Baptiste: Google's approach to inclusive design
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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Bill Burnett: Designing your work fife
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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Debbie Millman: Revealing what matters the most to designers and creatives
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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John Maeda: Design in Tech Report
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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Seth Godin: Learning to take risks, be generous, and make a ruckus
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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Jina Anne: How design systems affect company culture
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Aug 18, 2020 |
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Jahan Mantin and Boyuan Gao: Designing for diversity
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Jun 11, 2020 |
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Marty Cagan: Understanding product management and Agile
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Jun 02, 2020 |
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Naveen Gavini: Uniting design and engineering at Pinterest
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May 19, 2020 |
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Stephen Deasy: How designers and engineers can work together better
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May 12, 2020 |
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Joshua Seiden: Agile, Lean UX, and measuring your work
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May 05, 2020 |
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Steve Rader: NASA's approach to problem-solving and leading people
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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Ryan Rumsey: Designers need to understand the language of business
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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Remote Work for Design Teams: Lessons in leadership, collaboration, and culture
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Apr 07, 2020 |
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Richard Banfield and Alison Rand: Remote design sprints and design reviews
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Mar 31, 2020 |
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Making remote teams work
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Mar 23, 2020 |
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Jehad Affoneh: VMWare’s head of design on being a business leader, not a design leader
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Mar 17, 2020 |
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Joanna Peña-Bickley: Amazon Alexa's design leader on collaboration and diverse teams
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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Natalya Shelburne: How designers and developers work together at The New York Times
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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Kristin Wisnewski: More women in tech leadership roles
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Feb 24, 2020 |
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Nancy Douyon: Ethical and inclusive design
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Feb 17, 2020 |
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Season 4 Preview Episode
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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Rewind: David Kelley, Founder of IDEO and the Stanford d.school, on Creative Confidence and Aligning Teams
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Feb 04, 2020 |
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Stephen Gates: Hiring and retaining the best design talent
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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Lessons from Season 3
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Nov 08, 2019 |
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Jina Anne: Getting clarity on the components and maintenance of design systems
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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Diego Rodriguez: How Intuit built design culture into the business
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Sep 09, 2019 |
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Journey into the connected workflow
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Sep 03, 2019 |
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Che Douglas: Transforming design at The Wall Street Journal and Booking.com
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Aug 19, 2019 |
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Lori Kaplan: Atlassian's playbook for team collaboration
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Aug 01, 2019 |
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Quinton Larson: How Indeed kicks off projects the right way
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Jul 22, 2019 |
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Bob Baxley: How Apple ran design like the Saturday Night Live writer's room
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Jul 08, 2019 |
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Josh Ulm: Wells Fargo’s VP of Design on how design should be influencing business
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Jun 25, 2019 |
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Brad Frost and Dan Mall: Rethinking Agile and how designers collaborate with developers
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Jun 07, 2019 |
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Benjamin Evans: How Airbnb uses inclusive design to create a successful business
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May 28, 2019 |
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Abigail Hart Gray: Google's Director of UX explains design to non-designers with numbers
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May 13, 2019 |
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Julie Zhuo: Facebook's former VP of Product Design on what she got right and wrong as a leader
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Apr 29, 2019 |
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Bonus Episode: Leah Buley and the New Frontier of Design Maturity
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Apr 18, 2019 |
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Season 3 Special Preview
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Apr 11, 2019 |
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Jake Knapp: The guy who brought us the design sprint wants us to rethink time management
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Oct 09, 2018 |
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Margaret Stewart: Facebook's VP of Product Design on what unifies big teams
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Aug 06, 2018 |
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Kim Williams: How Indeed's design system inspires collaboration
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Jul 23, 2018 |
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Rewind: Irene Au explains the secrets to scaling design teams at Google
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Jul 09, 2018 |
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Vas Natarajan: Hallmarks of a healthy team and better designer/developer partnerships
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Jun 25, 2018 |
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Maria Giudice: The origin of DesignOps and how to make Agile not suck for designers
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Jun 11, 2018 |
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Megan Quinn: A venture capitalist's views on how to scale a team
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May 29, 2018 |
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Meriah Garrett: Secrets to leading big design teams
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May 15, 2018 |
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TS Balaji: Thinking and acting like a business leader
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Apr 30, 2018 |
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Diana Mounter: Building efficient design systems at Github
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Apr 16, 2018 |
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Meredith Black: building DesignOps dream teams
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Apr 01, 2018 |
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Lynsey Thornton: Inside Shopify’s growth, re-organization, and design system
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Mar 18, 2018 |
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Mia Blume: Are you ready to shift from team member to team leader?
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Oct 29, 2017 |
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Christian Madsbjerg: How ethnography leads to a deeper understanding of users
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Oct 15, 2017 |
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Jake Knapp: Lessons from running 150+ design sprints at Google Ventures
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Oct 01, 2017 |
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Laura Martini: So your boss doesn't believe in design research
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Sep 17, 2017 |
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Michael Leon: How skateboarding prepared him for Nike, Patagonia, and Sonos
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Sep 03, 2017 |
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Alex Schleifer: Airbnb's hasty Super Bowl decision guided by a clear mission
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Aug 20, 2017 |
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Albert Lee: Learning UX from Frank Gehry, IDEO, and Chez Panisse
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Jul 21, 2017 |
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Dan Winger: The evolution of LEGO from simple bricks to interactive storytelling
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Jul 21, 2017 |
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David Kelley: The birth of design thinking and what he's most proud of
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Jul 20, 2017 |
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Irene Au: How Larry Page's view on aesthetics changed Google
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Jul 20, 2017 |